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Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Textures, Tones & Timbres: Art of Chong Fahcheong

Chong Fahcheong, Sayang, Work in progress, Stone

Date: 1 February - 28 April 2013

Venue: NX Gallery, NUS Museum

This exhibition presents the recent works of sculptor Chong Fahcheong.
While the artist’s public artworks are characterized by the figurative
and shared social memory, this collection of recent works explores his
continuing fascination for materials and their potentials. Chong's
formal approach intertwines personal experiences, both concrete and
intuitive, and sense of place; the compositions are informed by
journeying, layered with notions of home and impermanency. It is a
"process of rambling", finding ways of making sense, constantly
negotiating the natural environment and urban sprawl, interacting with
materials and encountering a variety of sensations and experiences.
Accomplished mainly in stone and wood, and on occasions made from
bronze, the works are simultaneously familiar and abstract, providing
glimpses of everyday objects and communicating Chong’s reflections on
life.